The courtyard was buzzing with jingles and jingles all afternoon, and the noise finally ended around 5 p.m.
When Yan Bugui returned home in the afternoon, he didn't pick up the paint bucket again. He stood on the grooved pavement, rubbing his sore arms and beating his lower back from time to time.
"Lao Yan, they said it will take another day to bury the water pipe."
"Um."
Yanbu Gui was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to curse. All the work was done out of his own pocket, and his heart felt like blood dripping from his heart when he looked at the pile of broken earth.
"I have paid today's wages. The workers' wages are 4 yuan. The pipes for the water plant will not be delivered until tomorrow, and I will pay them after the work is completed and the results will be tested. And...and..."
"Say it, our family is already like this anyway, there's nothing else we can't say."
"Liugen's family has no food to eat, so we asked our family to return the 2 square bowls of cornmeal we borrowed last time. In addition, I still have 20 yuan, 30 cents and 7 cents left in my pocket. At the end of this month, I will have to pay the children's tuition fees.
Jiefang's tuition for the next semester is 3 yuan, and Xie Kuang's tuition for the next semester is 2 yuan and 50 cents. Will Jie Di still go to the nursery?
If you go to a nursery, you have to sign up in the next few days. The nursery provides one meal every day at noon, but you have to pay 8 pounds of food stamps every month. If you don’t have food stamps, you have to pay potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes or other
Any food will do. The tuition fee for the nursery school is 5 yuan and 60 cents per year, and you have to pay it for one year at a time."
"Don't worry, there are still 20 days left."
"I just want you to understand the background of our family. Tomorrow we have to bury and backfill the pipes here. The pipe fee at the water plant will be 20 yuan. The other four people's wages tomorrow will be 5 yuan and 60 cents. You first
This money should be enough."
"knew."
Yan Bugui put his hands on his youngest daughter's shoulders, made a "boo, boom, boom, boom" noise pretending to be a train, turned his daughter to the right, then pushed his daughter and led his wife back home.
At around 10 o'clock at night, a bright light flashed in the sky.
"Crack...boom..." Lightning lit up the night sky in Pinglu County, and the loud thunder frightened Zhou Wenzhong into a sudden heart palpitations.
"How many days have we been in the Awakening of Insects? How can we still have such a big thunder? You can just make some rain!"
On the edge of the Pinglu City Commune Brigade, Zhou Wenzhong, with chapped lips, was sitting on the edge of a freshly dug hole by the river, holding the Yanbu Guijia's small shovel in his hand.
More water seeped into the pit 1 meter away from the creek. This kind of creek is rare here, at least Zhou Wenzhong has only seen this one in so many days.
Zhou Wenzhong took out an enamel jar and filled it with 1 cup of water from the pit, rolled up his trousers and walked into the river. The surface of the river barely covered his ankles, and he could safely step on the bottom of the river, as there were no glass particles in it.
He reached out and pulled over a young lesbian who had not breathed for at least 10 days. Although she was not old, her figure was extremely plump. He dragged her into the hole that had just been dug and began to backfill with sand and gravel.
blocks, and finally put a relatively complete brick.
After putting on his shoes, he stood up and patted the dirt on his body. He picked up the enamel jar and walked to a rock wall, where he lit a fire to boil water and ate steamed buns.
Zhou Wenzhong has become very skilled in this kind of work of digging holes and burying soil these days. He has nothing to fear or fear, and he has become accustomed to it after seeing it often.
Before the time travel, Zhou Wenzhong was invited as a representative to visit the stainless steel operating table of the forensic doctor. He stared at a small hacksaw in the hand of the forensic doctor for more than 40 minutes before it was finished.
At dawn the next day, Zhou Wenzhong expanded the map in his hand and put away his pencil to start today's cliff jumping work.
Here in the courtyard, every family is busy with their own affairs. Zhou Wenzhong's disappearance did not cause any disturbance, and many people even hoped that he would never come back.
The deaf old lady has been in a very good mood these past two days. She is sitting at Yi Zhonghai's house eating breakfast. There is another person in the same mood as her. At this time, she is sitting on the stool opposite the deaf old lady, mending Yi Zhonghai's sleeves.
set.
"Zhuzi, you need to eat more. Look at the cheeks on your face that are almost gone."
"Ah...ah. Auntie, you don't have to worry about me."
Silly Zhu didn't wake up at all when he was called over early this morning. At this moment, he was holding chopsticks in his hands on the dining table, looking drowsy and about to fall down at any moment. Why was he called home?
I didn't even bother to ask questions about eating.
"Dong dong...dong dong..."
"Brother, are you in there?"
There was a knock on the door of the main hall of the Yi family, followed closely by He Yuyu's questioning voice.
The aunt picked up a steamed bun of food substitute powder on the plate and said to Silly Zhu: "Zhuzhu, I'm going to give Yu Yu a steamed bun to eat. You don't have to worry about anything. Just sit here and eat your breakfast."
"
Silly Zhu shook his head to straighten his expression, and swallowed at the same time.
"No, no, no... No one's family is rich in food. Auntie, you'd better put the wotou here, and I'll make food for the rain later. How can I go to other people's houses to eat and bring people to eat with me? Put it down, let it go
!”
"this…"
Silly Zhu couldn't help but snatch the corn noodles from the aunt's hand and put it back on the plate. He picked up the white porcelain bowl and drank the warm corn noodles in one gulp, burping and wiping the corners of his mouth.
"Hiccup...I'm leaving first, Aunt Ha. I'll cook a meal for you later so that you and Master Yi can have a taste of my cooking!"
"Sit down for a while. Your cafeteria only serves lunch now, and you are not in a hurry to go to work."
"Is it my uncle who told you again? He only knows one thing but not the other. Our factory only provides one lunch, but there are workers who work continuously! They have food subsidy coupons for night work overtime.
, I have to go to the cafeteria early in the morning to cook food for them to eat. If I don’t talk about it anymore, if I keep talking nonsense like this to you, I will really be late for work."
"Why are you talking to your eldest mother?"
The deaf old lady put her chopsticks firmly on the bowl and pretended to scold Silly Zhu.
"Okay, okay... I guess I said something wrong, I'm leaving now, grandma."
"Your mother calls me grandma! You should call me madam!"
"Okay, okay... I said something wrong again. This old lady is not confused so early in the morning."
"What are you grandson mumbling about? Louder! I can't hear you!"
"Forget it, old lady, you are starting to get confused again. I really have to leave now. Let's see you later, Auntie."
"Hey, okay, okay, next time if there is no fire at home, Zhuzi, you can come to my uncle's house to eat."
"knew."
Silly Zhu opened the door of the main hall of the Yi family, and He Yuyu, who was standing outside and peeked, almost fell in.
"Brother, did you eat something good secretly?"
Silly Zhu quickly blocked He Yuyu's sight with his belly, turned his hands behind his back and closed the door.
"No, what are you talking about?"
The moment He Yuyu raised his head, a cold look flashed across his eyes when he looked at the Yi family, and then he hid it.
He shook Shazhu's arms with both hands and said in a coquettish tone: "Oh brother, what are you doing in the uncle's house?"
"Ah...what's that? The eldest mother just called me to help cook a meal for the old lady. Let's go home quickly. I should also pack up and get ready to go to work in the factory."
After Sha Zhu finished speaking, he pulled He Yuyu towards his home.
"Haha... It seems that everyone in our courtyard knows that my craftsmanship is good."
"That is!"
As soon as Si Zhu opened the door of his main room, a stench penetrated his nose. He Yuyu quickly covered his mouth and nose and took two steps back.
"I won't go into your room. I'm going to my classmate's house in a while. We have made an appointment to go to our school with us today. I will hand over my tuition for the next semester to the school, or will it be paid by you next time you pass by our school?
Time to pay it yourself?"
Silly Zhu arranged his net bag and asked: "How much is it?"
"3 yuan...9 cents 9."
"What! Tell me how much it costs again? I have never heard of a tuition fee of 3 yuan, 9 cents and 9 cents in my whole life! Have you, little girl, learned how to file false accounts for me?"
He Yuyu endured the stench and walked into the house, took out a penny from his pocket and slapped it on the dining table.
"Actually, my tuition fee for the next semester is 4 yuan, and I still have 1 cent in my pocket."
"I remember your tuition last semester was 3 yuan, right?"
"It should be 3 yuan. It's been so long ago that I've forgotten it. Food production has been reduced this year. The price of everything has to increase accordingly."
"Will your tuition fees also increase?"
"If you don't believe it, forget it. Otherwise, you can wait until the first Monday of next month and go to our school to pay the tuition by yourself. This will save you the trouble of always saying that I cheated you of your money, but you have to take advantage of the time when our teacher is at work. Go and hand it in. If you had waited until you got off work, our teacher would have gone home from get off work long ago."
"Yes, yes, it's only 4 yuan. I'll give it to you! But you have to bring me the receipt."
"Don't worry, don't worry."
He Yuyu happily took the 4 yuan and put it into his pocket, and was about to walk out of the door with a big bounce.
"Wait a minute!"
"what happened again?"
Silly Zhu pointed to the dirty clothes on his bed and said, "You have to wash my pile of clothes in the past two days."
"How much will you pay me if I do your laundry?"
"He Yuyu! I said you have fallen into the eyes of money, right? Now you talk about money, and even if I ask you to help me with some work, I will ask your brother for money!"
"Then forget it, let your aunt help you wash your clothes. If you do others a favor, others should also do the same for you."
He Yuyu didn't wait for Silly Zhu to speak again and closed the door directly. The smile that was on his face just now also disappeared.
The Yi family brainwashing conference was successfully held in the east wing of the central courtyard.
"From the Xiaoyi family, how does our Zhuzi compare with the boy from the Jia family across from you?"
The aunt put the bamboo basket in her hand on the dining table, drank water and covered her forehead without saying a word.
"In terms of character, Zhuzi ate a meal of mixed noodles from you today, and next time he will give you a meal of delicacies from all over the world. Zhuzi will not waste one meal on you and think about another meal, and Zhuzi will not drag you down.
Bring your family to eat your food."
"well…"
"In terms of work, Zhu Zhu is the best cook in the factory. And with his skills, future exams will definitely not be a problem for him. Zhu Zhu won't pester his master every day to hand over skills. Let's not talk about what he can't learn. At least he won't.
It will delay the progress of his master. And he can't starve in this situation this year. You just saw it with your own eyes. He is not tempted at all when faced with a bowl of noodles. Can some people do it? In some places, people just want a steamed bun.
, people’s brains are almost like dogs’ brains.”
"well…"
"In terms of wealth, Zhuzi's house only has two rooms, one big and one small. At least he won't drag his whole family to live in his master's house in the future. Moreover, this girl, Yuyu, has a city registered permanent residence and will never buy Yijialiang. Their family
I can't even finish the food myself. I won't even go to Master's house to ask for food."
"well…"
"When it comes to life, Zhu Zhu knows how to repay gratitude. I just said that if he eats your meal, he will give you a better meal right away. At least Zhu Zhu is more disciplined, abiding by the rules, and understands the rules than some people. Rain was knocking outside the door just now.
How did Zhuzi answer when he opened the door? How did he do it? Did you see it all? "
"well…"
"There is still Zhu Zhu in the pot to make the remaining noodles. You can try his craftsmanship now. If Zhu Zhu is in charge of the food and drink of the two of you, you can think about what life will be like in the future."
"Oh...Old lady, please stop talking."
The deaf old lady gently put down the bowl in her hand, stood up holding on to the table, took the crutches placed beside the dining table, looked at the eldest mother, shook her head slightly with a smile, opened the door and walked out of Yi's house. She understood this.
Don't worry, just plant a seed and water it from time to time.